Including Miami. Miami needed help to make the ACC championship game even if they won out. If they hadn’t gotten that help then they make the playoffs at 11-1 and the ACC champion also makes it in. Miami losing saved us a potential seed.
I just can't see a one-loss ACC team getting an at-large over us. It's pretty obvious that all those teams are mediocre, propped up by playing in a mediocre league. If we take care of business against Pitt (and everyone else) we'll have a bunch of good head-to-head outcomes, like stomping NC State who beat Ga. Tech. No one actually thinks Virginia is better than we are.
That's bizarre. I didn't know that.
Yeah but how many committee members are even considering A&M a loss? It’s a good topic to bring up. We got robbed but an obvious no call
Obviously it's a loss but I think when you are comparing resumes, the nature of a loss (quality of the opponent, margin, ref issues) matter too. The missed call wouldn't matter as much if we had lost by 14 or something.
well Tech plays BYU next week which should be a hell of a game
It's why we need the SEC to only get 4 teams in. That leaves room for a weird ACC situation like you described or a weird 12-0 BYU losing a close CCG. Feels like we could see:
I'm not sure anyone on the CFP committee is really going to take a missed holding call from Week 3 into account when they're deciding playoff spots. But the fact that the game was so close it could have gone either way should work in our favor, especially if A&M finishes strong. It'll be a much "better loss" than a lot of the other teams gunning for the bottom half of the bracket have.
SP+ basically says that we are in a clump from #5 (Texas A&M) to #10 (Bama) where all teams are within about 2 points of each other. Ohio State and Indiana are by far the best teams with Oregon/Texas Tech in a weird little gap then everyone else. The gap between Ohio State and Notre Dame is about the same as the gap between Notre Dame and Pitt on paper. It's sizable. And we're the #7 team in the country per those advanced stats.
Are you talking about playoff rankings or power rankings (most formidable teams at the moment regardless of resume)? As much appreciation as I have for Indiana, I wouldn't put anybody but OSU above ND in a power ranking.
Hot take but I do think OSU is being overrated this year largely based on past success. They are the best team in the country, but I don’t think it’s by the margin that everyone thinks.
Fox has ND 12th, behind Texas and Oklahoma, smh.
Undefeated BYU loses to TTU in the ccg. They both get in. Precedent is SMU.
Short everything
Against each other? Thats ridiculous.
Literally none of them think this and you’ll probably be happier if you get the idea that it was anything but a loss out of your head.
If we are being completely honest, we'd only assume the committee will follow the broad guidelines they are given. Especially since there are different people on the committee every year, so unwritten standards do not always carry over.
